Word: naguilan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mapocho disaster underlined anew the old superstition that disasters run in cycles of three. Two other Chilean ships had been plagued by mysterious fires in recent weeks. In Valparaiso, stevedores loading the merchantman Naguilan had discovered a suspicious blaze in the ship's hold. Off the Peruvian coast, the square-rigged Lautaro, one of the world's largest sailing vessels and pride of the Chilean navy, exploded and sank with another cargo of war-scarce nitrate; 19 midshipmen burned to death or drowned...
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